Email Author Sarah DiGregorio

Awards

• 2010 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published February 18, 2009

  "Live and Let Liver"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 18, 2009

  "Live and Let Liver"

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2009 Stories by Sarah DiGregorio

• A Labor Clash Gets Added to the Menu at Midtown's Lan Sheng

  published December 22, 2009

  We pat ourselves on the back for certain food choices. But what do we know about the runner who brought the vegetarian entrée, or the... More >>

• New York City Martini Crawl

  published December 15, 2009

  The best thing about a gin martini is how bracing it is—invitingly ice-cold and silken, the juniper wallop of the gin smoothed out by a... More >>

• Contempo Southern Pleasures at Tipsy Parson in Chelsea

  published December 8, 2009

  If there's one Southern virtue that Tipsy Parson nails, it's hospitality. The place is packed just about every night by 7:30, and if you don't... More >>

• Spain Gain at Mercat Negre

  published December 1, 2009

  New York certainly doesn't lack good Spanish food—we can snack on Basque pintxos, feast on Valencian paella, or savor the ultra-expensive... More >>

• Rejoice Ye Displaced—New York Gets a West Coast Burrito

  published November 24, 2009

  Californian transplants to New York like to say that New York lacks good Mexican food. Which, of course, isn't true. Check out Corona or Sunset... More >>

• Dodge the Sake Bombs at Laut

  published November 10, 2009

  Laut's small dining room, just off Union Square, looks like a million other workaday Thai joints—wooden tables and chairs, walls painted... More >>

• SD26: Food in Need of Love

  published November 3, 2009

  The sommelier hunched over the electronic wine list, fingers pecking at the screen. He looked exactly like an airline ticket agent as he pursed... More >>

• Reading Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

  published October 13, 2009

  When New York freegan Madeline Nelson goes supermarket dumpster-diving and comes up with a gigantic wheel of artisanal cheddar, or a bagful of... More >>

• A Guide to NYC Bars with Great Takeout Food

  published October 6, 2009

  Ah, the pleasures of bringing good takeout food to a friendly bar. Often, the most delicious grub comes from a truck, or a spartan joint with... More >>

• Knock Back Some Cold Ones Like Ho Chi Minh at Bia Garden

  published September 29, 2009

  Although the desire to drink beer outdoors seems like a natural part of human evolution, beer gardens arose for a very particular reason: Dark... More >>

• Fort Defiance Pops Up in Red Hook

  published September 22, 2009

  If Edward Hopper had been in a better mood when he painted Nighthawks, his famously desolate scene of a diner, the piece might have... More >>

• Grim News at Mari Vanna

  published September 8, 2009

  In a dining room, there's always a hierarchy. Your average eater is not going to get the same treatment as, say, Adam Platt, Christine Quinn,... More >>

• Scarlett Johansson Did Not Get 86'ed at the Standard Grill

  published September 1, 2009

  Around midnight at the Standard Grill, the dinner theater picks up steam. Everywhere we look, bare legs loom, a redwood forest of them in short... More >>

• Eat Like a Funjabi at Bhatti Indian Grill

  published August 25, 2009

  Although food critics' anonymity seems to be disappearing faster than bluefin tuna, there are some real advantages to being incognito—or,... More >>

• Frank Bruni Shares His Darker Food Secrets in Born Round

  published August 11, 2009

  It was a great surprise when, in 2004, The New York Times transferred Frank Bruni from his job as the paper's Rome bureau chief to the... More >>

• Gino Cammarata, Gelato King

  published August 4, 2009

  Gino Cammarata talks to himself while he shops. Sniffing an orange, peering at bottles of olive oil, he mutters unhappily in Italian,... More >>

• Daniel Boulud's DBGB Would Like to Pork You

  published July 28, 2009

  "It tastes like a fast-food hamburger," said my companion, as he opened wide to accommodate the sesame-seeded roll. He meant it in the best... More >>

• Govind Armstrong Trips Up at Cooper Square's Table 8

  published July 22, 2009

  'If someone made this for me in their toaster oven, I'd be happy," remarked one of our party, as we peered down at a plate of flabby flatbreads... More >>

• Death to Cupcakes

  published July 15, 2009

  For a long time, I thought cupcakes would eventually go away. Like the Atkins diet and elaborately molded stacks of tuna tartare, the precious... More >>

• Breaking News From Pho Sure!

  published July 8, 2009

  Chef Michael "Bao" Huynh does not let the opportunity for a pun pass him by. He dubbed his new chain of banh mi joints "Baoguette," a play on... More >>

• Marea's High-End Highs

  published July 1, 2009

  Peering around Marea's capacious dining room is like trying to identify all the caricatures on the wall at the Minetta Tavern. Everyone is... More >>

• Feeling Ducky at Aldea

  published June 24, 2009

  Sitting at Aldea's chef's bar, I start to think that ordering the duck rice was a very good idea. From my perch, which is practically inside... More >>

• Trials and Hot Dog Tribulations in the Street-Vending Trade

  published June 17, 2009

  Mohammed Ali (no, not that one) is trying to sell hot dogs and be a voice of reason at the same time. "No price list, don't buy," he says to... More >>

• Olfactory Adventures at Andy's Seafood & Grill

  published June 10, 2009

  I have great respect for people who enjoy stinky tofu—but I'd rather be elsewhere while they're enjoying it. The fermented delicacy is... More >>

• The East Village Gets Two New Charcuterie Specialists

  published June 3, 2009

  One of the best moments of my food-life happened in the basement of Salumeria Biellese, in Chelsea, when owner Marc Buzzio yanked open the door... More >>